Jerry cans

Despite a directive from Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, on Tuesday, that filling stations across the country should stop selling petrol in jerry cans, it has gone unheeded.

It can be recalled that Arase warned that sellers and buyers of petrol in jerry cans would be arrested. But in Calabar, Cross River State, fuel dealers hawked petrol along major streets of the metropolis.

Some of the streets where the still sell fuel in jerry cans include Mayne Avenue, Marian Road, […]